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Alistair cast a wary glance at the father and daughter sitting across from him, then leaned in to Caroline and asked quietly, "You okay?"
Caroline saw the concern in his eyes and gave a small shake of her head. Of course she was okay.
The way Alistair stood up for her cut Rebecca deeper than she expected.
In the past six years, she couldn't recall a single
me she'd seen
even a flicker of that kind of concern on his face-for her.
Without even trying to hold back, she snapped, "Alistair, don't let her fake sweetness fool you. She's nasty-calculating and cruel."
Alistair nearly laughed.
With all her baggage, she has the nerve to call someone else
toxic?
When it came to cruelty, Rebecca and Celeste could've gone
head-to-head.
Seeing him smile hit Rebecca like a slap. "You don't believe me?
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Everything I said is true!"
Nathaniel hadn't expected things to spiral like this. The whole situation was slipping out of control.
He'd long suspected-thanks to a few quiet nudges from Cordelia that Rebecca had developed feelings for Alistair. He had even entertained the idea that if Alistair was willing to let the past go, he'd be open to welcoming him back into the family.
But it was becoming increasingly obvious that was a one-sided fantasy.
Rebecca's emotional unraveling made something very clear. If he let this continue, it wouldn't just be her making a fool of herself— he'd be dragged down too.
Nathaniel gave Alistair and Caroline one last, unreadable look before grabbing Rebecca's arm and pulling her away.
He would have someone look into that girl-find out who her family was.
After all, if she was really dating someone like Alistair, surely her parents weren't thrilled about it.
In Nathaniel's mind, Caroline must've been cut from the same cloth as his daughter-a spoiled heiress with more access to
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someone who still needed an allowance from
about love. It was about consolidating
was right, someone well-positioned
onto another wealthy girl? What else could she be if not another wide-eyed romantic with
mind was
out who the girl's parents were. Gauge their attitude toward Alistair. If necessary,
scandal to drive them apart. Let Alistair fall flat on his face. Let him crawl back. And if Rebecca still wanted him at that point, then maybe, maybe, he'd let him back into the
up? Well, marriages without family
of malice flickered in
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getting ahead of himself-just
walk away from the Whitfields
young.
the restaurant, chatting amiably with
woman.
Nathaniel's eyes lit up.
be Ms. Ashbourne-CEO
greeting Julian like an old friend. “Mr. Hart? What a surprise. Didn't expect
stop. His gaze flicked briefly, politely, over Rebecca's polished appearance. "Mr. Nathaniel Whitfield," he
look and
got compliments wherever she went-grace and
he made introductions, "This is
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that she and Caroline were of similar age and might hit it
mind.
he knew, was still
Rebecca had been married once and
from a powerful
was impressive-young, talented, successful-but his
seize an opportunity when it presented
course, had no idea what Nathaniel was
was looking at him-overly friendly, even...
a polite smile. "Nice to meet you. I'm Julian Hart, from
Alistair stand up for another woman. Her heart felt like it had been wrung out. She forced a smile. "Nice to meet
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to the young woman beside Julian, and his
had to
a smooth response. "She's a colleague
Nathaniel's expression froze.
isn't Ms. Ashbourne... then
cab and held the door for his colleague. "Text me when you get home, okay?" he said, kindly. As the cab pulled away, he turned back and gave Nathaniel a courteous nod.
run."
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